Habitat re-creation strategies for promoting adaptation of species to climate change

Conservation Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 289-297

  Hodgson, Jenny A ^a   Thomas, Chris D ^a   Cinderby, Steve ^a   Cambridge, Howard ^a   Evans, Paul ^b   Hill, Jane K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonization; Connectivity; Corridor; Habitat network; Habitat restoration; Incidence function model; Metapopulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053178275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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